Plato: to seek office oneself and not await compulsion is thought disgraceful. But the chief penalty is to be governed by someo

to seek office oneself and not await compulsion is thought disgraceful. But the chief penalty is to be governed by someone worse if a man will not himself hold office and rule.

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